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Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology

Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
울산과학기술원
Latest UNIST logo.jpg
Motto First in Change
Type Public
Established 2007 (2007)
Budget 152 million USD (2015)
President Mooyoung Jung
Academic staff
391 (2016)
Administrative staff
288 (2016)
Undergraduates 4052 (2016)
Postgraduates 1332 (2016)
Location Ulsan, South Korea
Colors UNIST Navy, UNIST Emerald
Website www.unist.ac.kr
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Hangul , 울산과기원, 유니스트
Hanja
Revised Romanization Ulsan Gwahak Gisurwon
McCune–Reischauer Ulsan Kwahak Kisurwŏn

Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, simply referred to as UNIST (Hangul울산과학기술원; Hanja蔚山科學技術院; RRUlsan Gwahak Gisurwon), is one of the four public universities in South Korea which are dedicated to research in science and technology, along with KAIST, GIST, and DGIST. UNIST was founded in 2007 in response to growing demand for higher education in the Korean industrial capital of Ulsan, where world-renowned automotive (Hyundai Motor), shipbuilding (Hyundai Heavy Industries), petrochemical (SK Energy), and secondary cells industries are clustered. At the time of its foundation, UNIST was known for being the first national university in South Korea to be incorporated and thus administered by an independent board of trustees despite being funded by the central government. UNIST has the vision of becoming a world-leader in the advancement of science and technology for the prosperity of humankind. With strong support from central and local governments, UNIST aims to develop at least 10 competitive areas of research with the goal of being ranked top 10 globally by the year 2030. The strategies for reaching this goal include creative, interdisciplinary and global education and research.

Despite the fact that Ulsan, with over 1.1 million residents, is an industrial powerhouse of South Korea with the highest GDP per capita among any region in the country, there only existed one university within the city limits, the University of Ulsan. The former president Roh Mu-hyun included the establishment of a national university in Ulsan as part of his campaigning platform and a discussion regarding the university began three years into his presidency along with the construction of a new high speed rail station, Ulsan Station, for the city.


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